The engineers behind RealPage's rent-setting AI have found themselves victims of their own success, forced to relocate to a makeshift tent city in the company's Richardson, Texas headquarters parking lot after their award-winning algorithm priced them out of the local housing market.
What started as a desperate solution has evolved into what RealPage's annual report now calls an "innovative flexible workspace solution." The impromptu campground, dubbed "Git Village" by residents, houses 47 software developers, three product managers, and one very confused visiting board member who thought it was an employee wellness initiative.
The community is organized using strict Agile methodology, with the Product Owner's tent occupying a coveted spot near the building's back entrance - what residents now list on Airbnb as a "Premium Park-Adjacent Micro-Dwelling Experience" for $399 per night.
"I helped design the neural network that optimizes profit margins," said lead engineer Michael Reeves from his North Face four-season tent, pausing to delete another automated rent increase notice from the AI. "Now I'm just trying to optimize our rainwater collection system. We've figured out how to harvest 98% of rainfall, but still can't make the algorithm charge less."
The inhabitants have developed sophisticated survival systems, including a Slack bot that manages shower time slots at the nearby gym and morning "standoutside meetings" held around solar-powered charging stations. The company cafeteria has adapted to the situation, adding "Artisanal Dumpster Diving" to its official lunch menu.
"The parking spots are actually infinite bedroom floor plans if you think about it," explained DevOps manager Tracy Williams while receiving another AI notification suggesting she "optimize her living space by exploring vertical tent-stacking opportunities."
RealPage executives praise their employees' "innovative spirit" and have begun including parking spot dimensions in their official real estate listings. When reached for comment, RealPage's AI recommended increasing the tent density by 47% and suggested converting the emergency fire lanes into "premium walkway-adjacent sleeping pods with ambitious growth potential."
